Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Warwick. 343 
(Sec. I give a short extract from the Chester Report : — " I have 
known 14 months' old lamb-hogs slaughtered at Lincoln April 
Fair, 30 together, averaging 35 lbs. per quarter, and have known 
100 together clip 14 lbs. each of washed wool." Of the Kentish 
sheep we can say but little more than that they are a popular 
breed in Romney Marsh, and other localities around, and cei- 
tainly supply extraordinary fleeces of wool for the market. The 
Society lias judiciously opened suitable classes for their exhi- 
bition at Canterbury, so that the general public may have an 
ojiportunity of seeing them. 
The CotswOLDS. — Some account of the history of these sheep 
was given in the Chester Report. But it may yet be asked by 
those who are not familiar with the breed, What is a Cotswold 
sheep, &c. ? The general characteristics of the best Cotswolds 
are — their bold and commanding appearance ; their finely- 
arched neck, well run into the shoulders, giving them an ease of 
carriage, when walking, which is peculiarly their own. They 
have broad straight backs, with arched ribs and length of quarter, 
carrying an enormous weight of carcase upon clean yet open legs. 
As a class, they possess good legs of mutton. Their shouldeis 
are rather open, but in line with the back, thus giving them a 
good appearance in the sheep-pen ; the chest is broad and deep. 
There is a slight difference of opinion as to the exact sort of wool 
they should produce. A fashion of late has sprung up in favour 
of the open curly coat, while the older breeders adhere to the 
thick-set flaky coat. The latter class of wool affords the best pro- 
tection against the vicissitudes of stoims upon the open hill lands 
these sheep have to occupy. Be this as it may, they are fully 
agreed as to the animal carrying a " fore-top " on his forehead, 
and of no small dimensions, as witnessed at some of the Society's 
meetings. These sheep have become popular from the fact of 
their hardiness being combined with fiesh and wool producing 
properties. They are sought after for exportation to the colonies, 
and for crossing the dark-faced short-wools at home. The Ox- 
fordshire down was originated by a cross between the Cotswold 
ram and Hampshire down ewe. 
Class I. — Shearlimj Rams: 44 entries. — Unfortunately these 
entries (numerous as they are) were all from one class of breeders 
— those of Cotswolds. In so large a lot there were naturally good 
and moderate animals. As a class they wei'e not equal to that at 
Chester ; many of the animals were wanting in solidity of form 
and quality ; the wool was deep, and the mutton shallow. The 
first and second prizes were awarded to Mr. Robert Garne, of 
Aldsworth, near Northleach, and the third to Mr. Fletcher, of 
Shipton Sollars, near Cheltenham. There were also nine other 
